Watch Buzz Aldrin punch a moon landing denier in the face

Blake Stilwell
Apr 2, 2018 9:41 AM PDT
1 minute read
Air Force photo

SUMMARY

The idea that the American moon landings were nothing but an elaborate government hoax sits somewhere between Elvis faking his own death and FDR knowing the Japanese were about to attack Pearl Harbor. Only wing nuts need apply. St…

The idea that the American moon landings were nothing but an elaborate government hoax sits somewhere between Elvis faking his own death and FDR knowing the Japanese were about to attack Pearl Harbor.


Only wing nuts need apply.

Still die hards like Bart Sibrel think the moon landings were staged — all of them — and he's produced four feature-length films to prove his theory. But while Sibrel has no problem telling his handful of followers over the airwaves that America never took "one giant leap," he'd better think twice before telling one of the astronauts who actually did that it's a fake.

Paul Giamatti could play him in the movie.

After a talk at the Smithsonian Institute in 2002, Sibrel got in the face of retired astronaut, former Air Force command pilot and all-around American hero Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. That turned out to be a bad day for the conspiracy theorist because retired Cold Warriors don't put up with that tin foil hat warble.

Shoulda kept his guard up.

Sibrel chased down the retired astronaut to demand that Aldrin swear on a Bible that he landed on the moon. When the 72-year-old Aldrin tried gracefully to ignore the huckster, Sibrel turned up the heat and said some things he shouldn't have. That's when the eagle landed a right hook.

So the next time you're at the Smithsonian and think you see strings in the footage of the moon landing, remember how much wallop a Buzz Aldrin punch packs. And by the way, Aldrin wasn't charged in the assault.

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